Pedachtoë

Ancient Pontus town

Pedachtoë or Pedachthoe, also known as Heracleopolis or Herakleioupolis (Ancient Greek: Ἡρακλειούπολις), was a town of ancient Pontus, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.^[1] It was assigned to the late Roman province of Armenia Prima,^[2] in which it became the seat of an archbishop. No longer a residential see, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.^[3]

Its site is tentatively located near Akşehir in Asiatic Turkey.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 87, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
^ ^a ^b Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
^ Catholic Hierarchy